Thomas, Robert K. (Robert Kedzie), 1918-1998
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1918-1998
Biographical History
Robert K. Thomas (1918-1998) was a college professor and administrator in Utah. He started at Brigham Young University in 1951 as a faculty member of the English Department and Establishing Director of the Honors Program. In 1966 he was named Assistant Academic Vice-President to Earl C. Crocket, then Academic Vice President to Ernest L. Wilkinson a year later. He also served as a commissioner of the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. In 1980, Dr. Thomas served as a special assistant to Jeffrey R. Holland until his retirement in 1983.
Citation
Robert K. Thomas papers, 1956-1989Brigham Young University, L. Tom Perry Special Collections worksheet, Mar. 25, 2009 (Robert K. Thomas; Academic Vice-President of Brigham Young University, 1967)
Mormon Literature Database, Mar. 25, 2009 (Robert K. Thomas; Robert Kedzie Thomas; b. 1918)
Ancestry.com, viewed Mar. 25, 2009 (Robert K. Thomas; Robert Kedzie Thomas; b. July 22, 1918 in Sunnyside, Utah; d. Oct. 3, 1998 in Provo, Utah)
Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:
Brigham Young University vice-presidential records on committees and councils, 1969-1980
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 687 Series 4
Scope and Contents note
Contains records concerning Robert K. Thomas and his affiliation with the commitees and councils of Brigham Young University from 1969-1980.
Dates:
1969-1980
Brigham Young University vice-presidential records on individuals, 1970-1980
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 687 Series 10
Scope and Contents note
Contains records concerning Robert K. Thomas and his affiliation with certain individuals the contributed to Brigham Young University from 1970-1980.
Dates:
1970-1980
Brigham Young University vice-presidential records on museums, 1972-1980
Series — Box: 34
Identifier: UA 687 Series 7
Scope and Contents note
Contains records concerning Robert K. Thomas and his affiliation with the museums of Brigham Young University from 1972-1980.
Dates:
1972-1980
Brigham Young University vice-presidential records on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1971-1983
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 687 Series 12
Scope and Contents note
Contains records concerning Robert K. Thomas and his affiliation with the church records of Brigham Young University from 1971-1983.
Dates:
1971-1983
Brigham Young University vice-presidential records on vice presidents, 1969-1983
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 687 Series 2
Scope and Contents note
Contains records of past vice presidents of Brigham Young University, along with minutes, memos, and correspondence of Robert K. Thomas from 1969-1983.
Dates:
1969-1983
George H. Hansen albums, 1914-1963
Series
Identifier: MSS 1628 Series 1
Scope and Contents note
Scenes from Hansen's mission in England, travels and studies in Mexico, Texas, and California, geology trips, visit to Indonesia to establish a geology department at Gadjah Mada University, and his college years and service in the Utah State ROTC; Afton Allred Hansen's mission to the Eastern States in the 1920s; Bessie Hansen and her family and friends in Richfield, Utah, her nursing work, on camping trips and other vacations; Mildred Allred with her friends and family, on trips to Bryce Canyon...
Dates:
Other: 1914-1963
George H. Hansen loose photographs, 1900-1980
Series
Identifier: MSS 1628 Series 2
Scope and Contents note
Photos of: George on his mission to England, on geology field trips, on his visit to Indonesia, in the ROTC; of Afton Allred Hansen on his mission to the Eastern States; of Bessie Hansen in Richfield, on vacations, and with her family and friends; of Mildred Allred on her mission to California; of the Greco family (George's aunt); of George's family while he was growing up in Richfield; of the Utah Agricultural College Fair; of Afton as a teacher, missionary, and mother; of George and Afton and...
Dates:
Other: 1900-1980
George H. Hansen negatives, 1896-1972
Series
Identifier: MSS 1628 Series 4
Scope and Contents note
Negatives of: George Hansen at Utah State, family trips, and geology; Bessie Hansen with her family and friends; George's mission to England; findings of fossils, arrowheads, and interesting rocks; the trip to Indonesia; redistricting studies; fishing trips; artifacts from a trip to Mexico; Utah maps and documents; Utah gas and oil studies, soil profiles; etc.
Dates:
Other: 1896-1972
George H. Hansen slides, 1915-1971
Series
Identifier: MSS 1628 Series 3
Scope and Contents note
Slides of: George and Afton's family and their travels, and family reunions; Afton's BYU tour to Europe; trips (George and Afton, Mildred) to Hawaii, China, Indonesia, Africa, Italy, Switzerland, New Zealand and Australia, Denmark, Norway, England, Fiji, Egypt, Greece, India, the Holy Land, Turkey, etc.
Dates:
Other: 1915-1971
Robert K. Thomas correspondence with Dallin H. Oaks, 1971-1972
Series
Identifier: UA 914 Series 35
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence between Thomas and Oaks, dating from between 1971 and 1972.
Dates:
1971-1972